Worm Spawning Event? Slideshow.....

[ishmael]

Last nite I saw a worm on the bottom of my tank. I grabbed it with tongs and placed it in my hospital container on the side of the tank.
It curled up and started to spew forth tiny threads of a milky substance from about eight evenly placed pinprick sized holes on its back.
After a while the whole container became milky white.
Sorry that the slideshow is not in correct sequence.
I would love to find out exactly what type worm this is.
http://slideroll.com/?s=xfbxrr7u
BTW, the tank's corals LOVED the stuff as it leaked into the tank!

 

[1DeR9_3Hy]

O_O....WOW. Pretty cool!

 

[syedjilani]

Are you sure it was spawning? or releasing some toxin because of stress......

 

[ishmael]

I must admit I have no proof of it spawning. I have never seen anything like it before. And I would not rule out release of toxin. Except that the corals seemed to respond well to the substance as it dissipated throughout the tank.
The fact that it was stressed is true though.

 

[noahm]

hard to tell from the pics, maybe a nemertean worm...